Japanese gunboat Kotaka
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kotaka |
| Namesake: | general term of small accipitridae (example: Eurasian Sparrowhawk)[1] |
| Ordered: | fiscal year 1929 [2] |
| Builder: | Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tama shipyard |
| Cost: | 246,561 JPY [3] |
| Laid down: | 2 September 1929 |
| Launched: | 18 January 1930 |
| Completed: | 1 November 1930 |
| Commissioned: | 1930–1944 |
| Struck: | 1944 |
| Homeport: | Shanghai |
| Fate: | sunk by air raid on 31 May 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | River gunboat |
| Displacement: | 50 tons standard 60.67 long tons (62 t) standing [4] |
| Length: | 30.5 meters 30 m (98 ft 5 in) lpp [4] |
| Beam: | 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) [5] |
| Draught: | 0.64 m (2 ft 1 in) [4] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Niigata Iron Works diesels, 540 bhp [4] |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) [3] |
| Armament: | 3 × Type 92 7.7 mm machine guns [4][6] 1942: Reduced to 2 × Type 92 7.7 mm machine guns |
Kotaka (小鷹) was a river gunboat of the Imperial Japanese Navy, part of the 11th Gunboat Sentai, that operated on the Yangtze River in China during the 1930s, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Participated in the Battle of Wuhan, June-Sept., 1938. Participated in Battle of Madang and Battle of Jiujiang, June, 1938. Nanchang Campaign: February–May, 1939. 1942: In service as passenger ship. Sunk May 31, 1944 on the Yangtze River while serving as a communications ship.[7] The IJN official designation was 60-ton traffic ship (Motored river exclusive-Special type) (六拾瓲交通船 (内火式河用特型), 60-ton kōtsūsen (Uchibishiki kawayou-Tokugata)).[1][4]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.53, Japanese support vessels, "Ushio Shobō". (Japan), July 1981
- Daiji Katagiri, Ship Name Chronicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Kōjinsha (Japan), June 1988, ISBN 4-7698-0386-9
- "Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)"., National Archives of Japan
- Reference code: A09050130100, Explanatory document on addition of fiscal 1929 estimated expense in 56th Diet
- Reference code: C05021206200, Inquiry, Response, Notification (6)
- Reference code: C05022903500, Military Affairs 1, No. 88 June 21, 1933, Traffic ship, Kotaka
- Reference code: C05021645000, No. 2026 June 15, 1931 Sasebo Navy Arsenal No.10-26, Establishing part of equipment for traffic ship Kotaka
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